Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
Twin Cities Area
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
At around 3:30 p.m. on February 5, 1924, the most devastating mining disaster in Minnesota history...
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Lost Highway 61
Visiting Golden Gate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hanover Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
Exploring Sandstone
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Oxford Mill Ruin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 48 School Near Delano
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Cobden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
The End of the Line in Currie
Red Wing Iron Works
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Franconia
Endion School In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Green Lake Mounds
The Duluth Homestead Project
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Wasioja
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Old School In Wolverton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Ottawa
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moving Old Hibbing
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City